Nick Smith talking about using Moodle for ‘Open Teaching‘ in British Colombia. What with the cuts and all, this could be an excellent way forward for the VCS – open and peer training resources.
Fossbox is organising a conference with Okaycomputer for women using FLOSS in development, advocacy, activism, or digital projects on 15 November in London — there’s an outline for the event and a call for participation on the Flossie website and you can join the FLOSSIE mailing list here.
Paula has an article in the LASA’s latest Computanews on cloud services, openness, and the VCS. We’ll also be offering practical workshops to support collaborative working for non-profits in the Autumn — more news soon.
Full Circle Magazine‘s podcast for July is now available — it’s a collection of interviews from the OpenTech conference with Paula talking about our work with VCOs somewhere around the middle of the podcast.
LVSC has been conducting research on how the recession and cuts have impacted VCS organisations. The survey is still open but they’ve published interim findings which indicate the impact has been extremely severe. Get more information, take the survey or download the reports here
The next open drop-in for people interested in Free Software, Ubuntu and WordPress will be: 6 May 2010, 12 noon – 7pm — Fossbox Workshop, 46 Matilda House, St Katharines Way, E1W 1LG
Michael McAndrew from Third Sector IT has put up some notes on his experience of working directly with front-line VCOs at our event — many thanks to Michael for delivering this much appreciated introduction. If you want to know more, there’s information about forthcoming CiviCRM training and register here.
The next open drop-in for people interested in Free Software, Ubuntu and WordPress will be: 1 April 2010, 12 noon – 7pm — Fossbox Workshop, 46 Matilda House, St Katharines Way, E1W 1LG
The Simplify IT event is in two days — register now, there are still a few places left. Scott Room, Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London E2 6HG 10am-4pm — refreshments available in the Oxford House Cafe or bring your own packed lunch Download updated programme for the event Register online here
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